Hadith

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa [s]

4860 sayings · page 62 of 122

1. Do not reject invitations, accept gifts and beat not Muslims.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 502; Page No. 72 · permalink

2. Do not respond to the one who starts speaking without greeting.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 503; Page No. 72 · permalink

3. Do not seek anybody's satisfaction by causing God's anger, do not praise anyone for God's grace on him, and do not blame anyone for the things God has not given you, for sustenance from God will not reach you through the greedy's greed, nor will anyone's discontent ward off your (destined) sustenance.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 504; Page No. 72&73 · permalink

4. Do not sit between two persons without their permission.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 505; Page No. 73 · permalink

5. Do not slander Muslims, and when one of them passes away, speak well of him (her).

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 506; Page No. 73 · permalink

6. The bane of religion is desire

   Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44121; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 130 · permalink

7. Do not swear by God unnecessarily, being it true or false, and do not make God the means of your swearing, for He will neither be merciful nor attentive to the one who falsely swears by Him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 507; Page No. 73 · permalink

8. Do not swear by God, for if one does so, God will surely belie him.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 508; Page No. 73 · permalink

9. Do not think that your sustenance comes to you late, for no creature dies before receiving the last bit of his/her (destined) sustenance.So, fear God and be moderate in seeking sustenance,i.e.in taking the lawful and avoiding the unlawful.

   Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 509; Page No. 73 · permalink

10. Do not wish for others what you wish not for yourself, and wish for your brother(in faith) what you wish for yourself.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 510; Page No. 73 · permalink

11. Do not you know that Islam, Migration (to Medina) and Hajj destroy whatever have been practiced prior to them?

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 511, Page No. 74 · permalink

12. Do you know what a lion in its roar says? it says, "O God! Let me not win over benevolent people."

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 512; Page No. 74 · permalink

13. Do you know what tale-bearing is? It's to narrate one's sayings to others and break their relationship.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 513; Page No. 74 · permalink

14. Do you think (man's) strength lies in carrying stones? No, it lies in bearing anger and wrath when in him they rise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 514; Page No. 74 · permalink

15. Do your actions for God with purity of intent, for He only accepts sincere deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 515; Page No. 74 · permalink

16. Doing another man's jobs (obligatorily) is hidden polytheism on the part of the latter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 516; Page No. 74 · permalink

17. Down with the one, down with the one and down with the one whose parents, or one of them, reach old age in his lifetime but he cannot make of himself a resident of Paradise.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 517; Page No. 74 · permalink

18. Dreams are of three kinds: God's good tidings, reflection of one's deeds and Satan's threat. When one of you has a good dream, s(he) can narrate it to others if s(he) so wills, and should the reverse happens, s(he) has to narrate it to nobody, rising instead to prayer.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 518; Page No. 74&75 · permalink

19. Dreams are of three kinds: Satan's threat to sadden the son of Adam, man's wishes during the day dreamt at night, and one part of the forty-six parts comprising prophethood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 519; Page No. 75 · permalink

20. Drop your grudges.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 520; Page No. 75 · permalink

21. Each of you is in your mother's womb as sperm for forty days, then as an embryo for forty more days, and as fetus in like manner. Afterwards, God will send an angel to it, appointing her to four issues-to determine its deeds, daily bread, death, and prosperity or adversity. Then, He blows his spirit into it.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 521; Page No. 76 · permalink

22. Each one of you should keep modest in the sight of the two angles companion to him, just as he does with respect to two of his righteous neighbors, for(these) angels are with him day and night.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 522; Page No. 76 · permalink

23. God has commanded me to behave moderately with people, as he has commanded me to perform my obligations.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 702; Page No. 101 · permalink

24. God has created something to overcome any other created thing, and thus, His Mercy has He created to overcome His anger.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 703; Page No. 101 · permalink

25. God has decreed this nation (Muslims) to suffer their punishment in this very world.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 704; Page No. 101 · permalink

26. God has forbidden Paradise for the scurrilous people who don't care about what they say and hear.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 705; Page No. 102 · permalink

27. No one is superior to others save for faith and good deeds.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1386; Page No. 197 · permalink

28. No one is to wish for death when suffering(something).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1387; Page No. 197 · permalink

29. No one is to wish for death, for if you are on the right path, your good might increase, and if you are astray, you might go the way of salvation.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1388; Page No. 197 · permalink

30. No one of my people is there to look kindly after three daughters or three sisters of his, unless God will keep him intact from Hell.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1389; Page No. 197 · permalink

31. No one of you will be perfect in true faith unless (s)he controls his tongue.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1390; Page No. 197 · permalink

32. Slackness is Satan's slogan, which he throws into believers' hearts.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1769; Page No. 250 · permalink

33. Slandering people, committing evil deeds, abandoning bonds of kinship, and considering honest people as dishonest and dishonest ones as honest are among the signs of the Hour (Resurrection).

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1770; Page No. 250 · permalink

34. Sleeping with knowledge is better than praying with ignorance.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1771; Page No. 250 · permalink

35. Slowness is good in everything save in performing deeds for the Hereafter.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1772; Page No. 250&251 · permalink

36. Slowness, economy and good fame comprise one of the twenty-four parts of prophethood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1773; Page No. 251 · permalink

37. Smiling at your brother (in faith), enjoining good and forbidding evil, guiding the lost ones and removing stones, thorns and bones from (people's) path, are all different forms of charity.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1774; Page No. 251 · permalink

38. So long as the drunkenness of ignorance and that of the love of the world do not appear in you, you can be sure about your Lord.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1775; Page No. 251 · permalink

39. So many times did Gabriel recommend to me to observe neighbors' rights that I came to think of them inheriting each other.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1776; Page No. 251 · permalink

40. Solomon was given the option to choose one among wealth, rule and knowledge. He chose knowledge and was, as a result, bestowed upon the other two.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1777; Page No. 251 · permalink

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